Senior Consultant - Peterborough, United Kingdom - Atkins

Atkins

Verified Company

Peterborough, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Are you into flood risk management and looking for your next exciting opportunity? We are looking for senior flood modellers, to join our thriving business, working on our great projects across the UK.

If this is you, we want to hear from you and discuss how we can help you develop your career

We have vacancies UK wide for enthusiastic and ambitious individuals to lead and grow our world class flood risk management team.

We are seeking technical experts with a developing technical profile in the flood risk management industry capable of leading on the delivery of hydraulic and hydrological modelling projects, including 1D and 2D models for rivers, surface water and coastal waters.

As a major engineering, environmental and design consultancies Atkins offers opportunities for talented consultants to work on a wide variety of projects at a range of scales.

We have ongoing projects in flood risk management with a lot of work coming from our frameworks for the Environment Agency and numerous local authorities in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, as well as major projects like HS2 and Sizewell C.

We are undertaking projects in natural flood management, flood forecasting, flood alleviation and helping water companies with elements of their water resources and water quality issues.

Beyond this, we work internationally and have work committed across the globe, including the Red Sea economic zone, Al Bada developments in the middle east, and EIA work in North America.

All our projects are run with our colleagues in India, and you will be working as part of an international team.

Check out some of our recent, most exciting projects.

Requirements:

You should have experience in delivering flood risk projects with a focus on hydraulic modelling, and the confidence to lead technical work as well as mentor junior team members in developing their skills.

You will be able to build strong relationships with our clients with a high degree of collaborative working skills to ensure we get the best from our working relationships with client teams.

7 years' experience in carrying out flood risk analyses for strategy, planning, development, and or design purposes

:

- proven experience of 1D-2D modelling using any of Infoworks ICM, Flood Modeller, TUFLOW / ESTRY or HEC-RAS.

GIS skills in ArcGIS, MapInfo or QGIS
Experience in FEH hydrological assessment is desirable with a working knowledge of UK hydrology.
Some experience in developing and leading technical teams, supporting and mentoring staff.
The ability to use professional judgement to make robust decisions with the information available

A track record of project delivery and performance, meeting client requirements and commercial awareness
.

Atkins and its clients value you having a Chartered status at this grade.

Whilst we appreciate those with professional memberships, we will help you in obtaining those qualifications through mentoring and development opportunities if you don't already have them.

We also value a civil engineering design experience to help solve the flooding problems. This si a desirable attribute but not a requirement.

Responsibilities

Undertake and lead detailed technical work involving hydraulic modelling, data analysis, GIS and technical reporting, and taking on a quality assurance role for technical deliverables.

- managing, supervising and mentoring junior resources.

Supporting our project managers and directors by following project procedures, including financial and change control, to actively progress a suite of projects under your control.
To work effectively as part of a team and with other professionals (environmental scientists, engineers, planners) throughout Atkins to provide a consistent and integrated service to our clients.
To support business development activities including tendering for projects and client/stakeholder engagement. developing and agreeing the scope of services, setting costs and resources.
Contributing to continued development of the Flood Risk Team via active involvement in the technical network.

The Individual should

Be motivated and proactive; focused on achieving and delivering technical excellence.
Be skilled at collaborative working, have good interpersonal skills and an ability to communicate effectively.
Be flexible and prepared to take on new challenges.
Be well organised and able to lead multiple projects running simultaneously and recognise opportunities for delegation and development of others.
Have an attention to detail and desire to work to high standards consistently.

Training

Atkins develops individuals through a portfolio of training and development activities designed to help you make the best of your abilities and talents.

These are reviewed with individuals through an annual development process. We support staff in achieving and maintaining membership of relevant institutions. You will also be part of our global